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Where does “unicorne” come from?

unicorne (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman unicorne, from Latin ūnicornis, from Latin ūni-, from Latin ūnus, from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

unicorne (Middle English): unicorn; Any one-horned beast; anger, rage, fury,...

Definitions

  1. unicorn; Any one-horned beast; anger, rage, fury,...

Ancestry of “unicorne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanunicorneunicorn
2Latinūnicornis—
3Latinūni-—
4Latinūnus—
5Old Latinoinosone
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

Words derived from “unicorne”

  • unicorn
  • unicornfish
  • unicornlike
  • ユニコーン
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